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The Book of Murder (1974)

Name: The Book of Murder
Director: Lloyd Richards
Genre: Crime, found footage, Misterio
Released: 1974
Duration: 73 min
Cast: Pamela Bellwood, Louise Latham, Nan Martin, Joyce Van Patten, Fritz Weaver

1974 · Lloyd Richards · 73 min · United States of America · Edited by 1

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Much-married and once successful writer Henry T. Aythecliff, now heavily in debt, summons his three ex-wives to his mansion, planning to extort a sizable amount of money from each. When he is discovered dead, clues indicate that each of his four wives had motive and opportunity to murder him, and a young detective must sift through some ingeniously devised evidence.

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